---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180722212431.GA26520@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:24:31 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: 3 Things to Watch When Verizon Reports Earnings Here are two metrics to look for in the core wireless business, and a checkup on its investments. By Adam Levy Verizon Communications will report earnings on Tuesday July 24 ahead of the opening bell. After beating expectations on both the top and bottom lines in the first quarter, management looks to extend its streak of earnings wins. The analysts' consensus currently calls for Verizon to report $1.14 in EPS on revenue of $31.74 billion. However, Verizon investors will want to look beyond the top and bottom lines when the company reports its results. Here are three things investors should look for in the company's earnings release and additional commentary during management's conference call. https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/07/22/3-things-to-watch-when-verizon-reports-earnings.aspx -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180722213625.GA26572@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:36:25 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T, Telecoms Can't Escape Suit Over Uncollected 911 Fees By Christopher Crosby Law360 (July 16, 2018) -- A South Carolina federal judge said Monday that AT&T Inc. and more than a dozen other phone service providers can't escape a suit brought by Charleston County accusing them of undercharging business customers the 911 fee that funds emergency dispatch call centers, finding the local government has a "reasonable expectation" they should be collecting the fees. https://www.law360.com/articles/1063661/at-t-telecoms-can-t-escape-suit-over-uncollected-911-fees -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180722213218.GA26549@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:32:18 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Federal agencies should think of EIS as more than a transition. By Aaron Boyd Challenges are often opportunities - at least that's how the General Services Administration wants [Federal] agencies to think about the impending transition to the Enterprise Infrastructure Services, or EIS, the massive contract for communications technologies and services. It's been one year since GSA awarded spots on the 15-year, $50 billion contract for everything from basic phone service to wireless, VoIP and advanced communications infrastructure. Agencies have until May 2020 to transfer their communications contracts from GSA's old vehicle, Networx, to the new EIS. https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/07/gsa-official-next-gen-telecom-contract-opportunity-transformation/149806/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 23 Jul 2018